| Unit name | Introduction to Social Psychology |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PSYC10007 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1B (weeks 7 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Rowe |
| Open unit status | Open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Psychological Science |
| Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit provides an introduction to social psychology. It focuses on behaviour in the context of social interaction, with emphasis on experimental findings. Study of such topics as interpersonal judgement and perception, social attraction, aggression, prejudice and social influence, including attitude formation and persuasion, conformity and social modelling.
This unit aims to expose you to how social psychologists think, how they do research, and what the results of the research mean (note: they might not mean what you think they mean). It is easy to philosophise about psychology, but philosophical speculation is not fact. In evaluating claims, focus on the data. Finally, we hope to use this class to help sharpen up some of those skills that you will need in the real world: how to prepare, how to read, how to use what you learn in the real world, and how to analyse critically real-world situations in terms of social psychological ideas and principles. By the end of the unit, you will also have participated in and gained knowledge of a range of research experiments in the School of Experimental Psychology.
This unit comprises 12 x 50 minutes lectures, plus a 50 minute revision session for the end of unit examinations. Students will also participate in 2 hours’ worth of experiments at the School of Experimental Psychology.
Essential
Schacter, D., Gilbert, D., Wegner, D. & Hood, B. (2014). Psychology; Second European edition. Palgrave MacMillan; UK.
Suggestions for recommended and further reading will be made separately through Blackboard
